Meta conducts yet another round of layoffs
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/24/meta-conducts-yet-another-round-of-layoffs/?guccounter=1

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Meta conducts yet another round of layoffs

Meta is waging its latest round of layoffs on Wednesday, estimated to impact about 6,000 people. These cuts are part of the company’s so-called “Year of Efficiency,” in which Meta is being massively restructured to save money and flatten the organization…

Scientists Working to Generate Electricity From Thin Air Make Breakthrough
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Scientists Working to Generate Electricity From Thin Air Make Breakthrough

Scientists making the "Air-gen" device have discovered that any material can be used to generate electricity from the air.

Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of robocalls - Attorneys general across the U.S. have joined a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry
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Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of robocalls

Attorneys general across the U.S. have joined a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry

Chip wars with China risk ‘enormous damage’ to US tech, says Nvidia chief
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28 years later, Windows finally supports RAR files
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/28-years-later-windows-finally-supports-rar-files/

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28 years later, Windows finally supports RAR files

It’s 1999, and my friends and I are surfing warez sites using Internet Explorer on our 98SE gaming rig. Finally we push past the scams and porn to find an FTP server with a list of files labeled “.rar, .r00, .r01, r.02…” But what the hell are these?

Virgin Orbit: Branson's rocket dream ends after mission failure
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Virgin Orbit: Branson’s rocket dream ends after mission failure

The British billionaire's bankrupt satellite launch firm had been looking to boost its finances.

Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off “alarm bells,” tech group says
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/fbi-misused-foreign-surveillance-law-280k-times-to-snoop-on-people-in-the-us/

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Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off “alarm bells,” tech group says

Section 702 debate rages after another FISA Court opinion is unclassified.

Netflix's password sharing crackdown officially hits US users
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Netflix's password sharing crackdown officially hits US users

Netflix's controversial password sharing crackdown just hit the US.

Meta has no choice but to sell Giphy at $262M loss to Shutterstock
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/fire-sale-shutterstock-to-buy-giphy-for-262-million-less-than-meta-paid

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Meta has no choice but to sell Giphy at $262M loss to Shutterstock

With UK forcing a sale and GIFs losing popularity, Meta was bound to take a hit.